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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand, When It is Simply Necessary To Love
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Promises Made
Promises Made
by Michael Doyle
I remember the fateful day
That I finally decided
To embrace your heavenly ways
As God, you confronted me, and provided
The answers to all of my doubt.
I dove under the murky water,
But you eased my way out.
I give my promise to you, my Father.
They say I nearly died.
I say you had e in your hand.
I breathed my las, and you sighed,
Bringing me back to understand.
Every moment spent is a moment
That could have been too late.
I lived through the anguish and torment,
And your answer was for me to wait.
Every wrong move, you saw me through.
Your time is changing the night for me.
Yet, you'll always see me through.
Bringing me to the Holy and sublime.
(c) October 28, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Answer, ay, Decision, Doubt, Hevenly Way, Murky Water, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Promises Made, Rmemeber
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Thought For the Day: All Men By Nature Are Equal In That Equal Right That Every Man Hath To His Natural Freedom, Without Being Subjected To the Will or Authority of Any Other Man
“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” – John Locke
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First Principles: A Patriot Without Religion In My Estimation Is As Great A Paradox As An Honest Man Without the Fear of God
“A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?” – AbigailAdams
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New Orleans Home Rules
New Orleans Home Rules
by Michael Doyle
"Whites Only", read the ugliest sign.
It was as if, by some sort of design
The conspiracists were inclined to provoke,
The arrogant mulatto who so often spoke.
Little did they know the shadow empire
In which the Devil befriends the vampire.
The Alderman fired two shots in confidence,
Aimed as it were at a rogue accused of arrogance.
Little did he know it would kill a vampire,
And at that bleak moment, he could not conspire.
Finding a way to remove himself of any doubt,
It was instead a quiet gasp that he let out.
Hung up as a lesson to provide its warning.
The Alderman was found drained that morning.
It seems there were enough lessons to learn,
But the ways of the vampire are plain to discern.
Tossed into circumstance and gone for the throat,
Hand the people a story and see if it will float.
With great aplomb, the vampire's will has been done,
But he can never see the pleasure of the morning sun.
Still, darkness walked has its own sort of measure,
And the secret taste of blood has its own pleasure.
The killing done will be finished in its own season,
As long as the bite taken was taken for his reason.
Seen as it is with blood-strained contemplation,
The vampire does what he can to find his sweet redemption.
It's clear that all innocence is dead and completely gone,
But perhaps there is a way to walk the road he's on.
Like a child, he has learn to live through sacrifice
Demanding only so much blood as found to barely suffice.
Captive as he is as a desolate child of the darkest night,
A black angel cries tears of mercy as he hopes for the light.
The blood of life once shared gives strength to the weak,
Giving passion unfelt before and confidence to the meek.
The thoughts of vampires made are silent to the creator,
Family secrets linger in the heart as he creates her.
(c) October 27, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged "Whites Only", Alderman, Confidece, Desing, Devil, Fantasy, Home Rules, Horror, Mulatto, New Orleans, Poetry and Poems, Provoke, Shadow Emire, Sign, Vampire, vampires
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Thought For the Day: Between Thought and Expression Lies A Lifetime
“Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.” – Lou Reed
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First Principles: Knowing What’s Right Doesn’t Mean Much Unless You Do What’s Right
“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” – Theodore Roosevelt
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Elijah’s Spiritual Refinement
Elijah's Spiritual Refinement
by Michael Doyle
What would the Lord have us give today?
If asked, would you know what to say?
We are thankful in joy and right attitude.
We live our lives in responsive gratitude.
Formed within the womb for God's purpose,
Each of us lives to perform lives of service.
We have our parts in God's story,
To live out what's needed for God's glory.
Elijah was a hero who lived out his part.
He lived for God with the strength of his heart.
Like Enoch, they were carried to Heaven above.
Twice the spiritual inheritance comes from such love.
It's a call to adventure and a call to responsibility,
As we embrace the Holy Spirit quite capably.
A maturity of faith is found in this present generation.
We feel the power of God in all good veneration.
Reading the Bible with focus and true attention,
We behold more of God's power in our retention.
Twisted sexuality and the sacrifice of children ruled the day.
And the good of that nation could not turn away.
If there's no repentance, there will be no rain.
It is only the power of God that controls as He reigns.
A little flour and a little prayer of faithful belief
As was within Elijah, in this generation, brings relief.
Evil will not just go away on its own.
The spirit of the Lord is needed to atone.
God's ways are what must prevail over culture,
Living for the God of all is what we must nurture.
We are to live consciously and reverently,
Daring to serve God by living differently.
God's patience is not something mean,
It is in His direction that we need to lean.
Tolerance of evil is not something good.
This is the truth unraveled to be understood.
We must engage to hold out against the darkness,
Where those who are good will be cut down and off in harshness.
We are to be ready to live in times of separation.
All of which is meant for our preparation.
We will live life in times of holy spiritual isolation.
It is what brings the power to overcome desolation.
We must lean on God and not the world outside.
This is the truth of strength that God confides.
Dried-up brooks aren't a matter of consignment.
But are the paths of our spiritual refinement.
The path to miracles will be uncomfortable.
But through God, this path remains doable.
Walking through the heart of the beast needs revision
Of our perspectives as we seek out our provisions.
We need bigger faith and greater expectations
As we live our lives in our Godly dedication.
Dead hearts need command, promise, and taking risks,
And the walk-through must be brisk.
The strength of Elijah is lived in its echo,
As John the Baptist stepped out of the shadow.
We, too, are to reply by coming to Christ in repentance.
We must confess this without any reluctance.
Repentance brings the rains we need.
We must give up our sins to be freed.
Take this risk to live in prayer,
knowing that God the father is always there.
(c) October 26, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: True Leadership Is Serving God and Not Looking For the Glory That Might Come From It. You Don’t Do It For the Glory Or Personal Benefit but For God’s Glory
“True leadership is serving God and not looking for the glory that might come from it. You don’t do it for the glory or personal benefit but for God’s glory. You don’t take credit for anything that is done, but praise God for everything that He has done through you.” – Vonette Bright
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First Principles: In the Spirit and Power of Elijah, To Turn the Hearts of the Parents To Their Children and the Disobedient To the Wisdom of the Righteous – To Make Ready A People Prepared for the Lord
“And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” – Luke 1:17
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 